Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2016-11-02 19:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Yvonne Jones (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Lib.)",
        "fr": "Mme Yvonne Jones (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre des Affaires autochtones et du Nord, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4599336\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member for <a data-HoCid=\"213914\" href=\"/politicians/sheri-benson/\" title=\"Sheri Benson\">Saskatoon West</a> indicated, our government is committed to making the desperately needed investments in indigenous people and communities, including those in infrastructure, social services, and child welfare. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599337\" data-originallang=\"en\">Indeed, the budget is very different from those we have seen in Canada in the previous decade. We are making historic and record investments in indigenous children and indigenous communities. We are taking this fundamentally different and concrete approach, because we know it is time to chart a new course for Canada, for indigenous people, and for the northern region. These changes are long overdue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599338\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member spoke about the motion that the NDP brought forward in the House of Commons this week. It was a motion that reflected the very actions that this government is taking and will continue to take.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599339\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, it is an unfortunate reality that many first nations people on reserve continue to live with inadequate housing and overcrowding. We are all saddened by the number of suicides we have seen in indigenous communities right across this country. Our hearts go out to the families in Saskatchewan today who are mourning a tremendous tragedy with the loss of young indigenous lives.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599340\" data-originallang=\"en\">We know that children and family services on reserve must also be overhauled. We would ask members of the NDP and all members of the House to support the efforts of government as we overhaul that system. We know that chronic underfunding of the first nations education system has held students back, and we know the time is here to make those changes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599341\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are committed to transformational change when it comes to our relationship with indigenous people in Canada, and we want to build that relationship on the recognition of rights, respect, co-operation, and partnership. This is why the historic investments in budget 2016 helped us turn the page in Canada to open a new chapter in that relationship with our first peoples.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599342\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are delivering on these funds quickly and working as quickly as we possibly can to get them out the door. The new funding that we have already approved will support the construction, service, or renovation of over 3,000 housing units, as well as 195 on-reserve water or waste-water projects, including 25 that will address 34 long-term drinking water advisories in 24 communities. We have funded 130 school-related infrastructure projects and 159 culture and recreation projects. We have committed $635 million to address the funding gaps in first nation child and family service programs. In addition to this, the Government of Canada committed, in July, to provide up to $382 million over three years to support an expanded approach to Jordan's principle.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599343\" data-originallang=\"en\">When the member talked about the fact that we were reluctant to support numbers in a motion in terms of dollar investments in children on reserve or indigenous children in this country, it was only because we know that the investment is far greater. We know that more money will be required, and we are prepared to make the investments as they are needed.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4599336\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de <a data-HoCid=\"213914\" href=\"/politicians/sheri-benson/\" title=\"Sheri Benson\">Saskatoon-Ouest</a> l'a indiqu\u00e9, le gouvernement est d\u00e9termin\u00e9 \u00e0 faire les investissements dont les Autochtones et leurs collectivit\u00e9s ont d\u00e9sesp\u00e9r\u00e9ment besoin, notamment dans les infrastructures, les services sociaux et le bien-\u00eatre des enfants.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599337\" data-originallang=\"en\">D'ailleurs, le budget de cette ann\u00e9e est bien diff\u00e9rent de ceux de la derni\u00e8re d\u00e9cennie au Canada. Nous investissons des sommes sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent pour aider les enfants et les communaut\u00e9s autochtones. Nous adoptons une approche r\u00e9solument concr\u00e8te et fondamentalement diff\u00e9rente parce que nous savons qu'il est temps de tracer une nouvelle voie pour le Canada, les peuples autochtones et la r\u00e9gion du Nord. Ces changements n'ont que trop tard\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599338\" data-originallang=\"en\">La d\u00e9put\u00e9e a parl\u00e9 de la motion pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e \u00e0 la Chambre par les n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates cette semaine. Cette motion refl\u00e9tait exactement les mesures que le gouvernement prend et continuera de prendre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599339\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il demeure n\u00e9anmoins que, malheureusement, de nombreux Autochtones vivant dans les r\u00e9serves habitent encore dans des logements inad\u00e9quats et surpeupl\u00e9s. Nous sommes tous attrist\u00e9s par le nombre de suicides survenus dans les communaut\u00e9s autochtones de tous les coins du pays. Nous compatissons avec les familles de la Saskatchewan afflig\u00e9es aujourd'hui par une trag\u00e9die terrible, la mort de jeunes Autochtones.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous savons que les services destin\u00e9s aux enfants et aux familles dans les r\u00e9serves doivent \u00eatre r\u00e9vis\u00e9s. Nous demandons donc aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates et \u00e0 tous les autres d\u00e9put\u00e9s d'appuyer les efforts d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s par le gouvernement en ce sens. Nous savons que des \u00e9l\u00e8ves ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9savantag\u00e9s en raison du sous-financement chronique du syst\u00e8me d'\u00e9ducation des Premi\u00e8res Nations et que le moment est venu d'apporter ces changements.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599341\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous sommes d\u00e9termin\u00e9s \u00e0 transformer les relations que nous entretenons avec les peuples autochtones du Canada, et nous voulons renforcer ces relations dans un esprit de reconnaissance de leurs droits, de respect, de coop\u00e9ration et de partenariat. C'est pour cette raison que les investissements historiques annonc\u00e9s dans le budget de 2016 nous aident \u00e0 tourner la page et \u00e0 ouvrir un nouveau chapitre en ce qui concerne nos relations avec les Premi\u00e8res Nations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599342\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous attribuons ces sommes rapidement afin qu'elles puissent servir le plus vite possible. Les nouvelles sommes que nous avons d\u00e9j\u00e0 approuv\u00e9es contribueront \u00e0 la construction, \u00e0 l'entretien ou \u00e0 la r\u00e9novation de plus de 3 000 logements, ainsi que 195 projets d'aqueduc ou d'\u00e9gout dans les r\u00e9serves, dont 25 permettront de r\u00e9gler 34 avis de longue date concernant la qualit\u00e9 de l'eau potable dans 24 collectivit\u00e9s. Nous avons financ\u00e9 130 projets d'infrastructure scolaire et 159 projets culturels et r\u00e9cr\u00e9atifs. Nous avons affect\u00e9 635 millions de dollars pour combler l'\u00e9cart de financement dans les programmes de services \u00e0 l'enfance et \u00e0 la famille des Premi\u00e8res Nations. En outre, le gouvernement du Canada s'est engag\u00e9, en juillet, \u00e0 fournir jusqu'\u00e0 382 millions de dollars sur trois ans pour appuyer une approche \u00e9largie du principe de Jordan. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4599343\" data-originallang=\"en\">La d\u00e9put\u00e9e a dit que nous \u00e9tions r\u00e9ticents \u00e0 appuyer, dans une motion, l'investissement de sommes pr\u00e9cises pour les enfants vivant dans les r\u00e9serves ou les enfants autochtones du pays. C'est parce que nous savons que ces investissements seront beaucoup plus \u00e9lev\u00e9s. Nous savons qu'il faudra plus d'argent, et nous sommes dispos\u00e9s \u00e0 investir les sommes n\u00e9cessaires au besoin. </p>"
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    "url": "/debates/2016/11/2/yvonne-jones-2/",
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    "h1": {
        "en": "Adjournment Proceedings",
        "fr": "Motion d'ajournement"
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    "h2": {
        "en": "Indigenous Affairs",
        "fr": ""
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